Garmin Mobile XT on Lokatoo B1000
Kew 
Lokatoo B1000 that comes with the Alza Advance was my first GPS device. Before this, I have only used a few GPS device before but never own any. I do not know the detail of the built up more over how to install different GPS applications. This device changes that. The Lokatoo B1000 runs on Win CE 6.0, which is the base operating system. Installing Garmin is simple, but tedious. Here are the breakdown of the entire flow.
- First you have to backup all the files in your SD card, especially the Guider folder.
- Secondly you have to install a menu(launchpad) to allow you to choose between your Lokatoo and Garmin, and maybe other GPS apps like Papago, Tom Tom, etc.
- Then, you Install Garmin Mobile XT (Just copy the files to the device memory card)
- Activate the installed Garmin
- Install the local Map, in our case, the Malaysian/Singapore Map.
- Activate the installed Map
- Take your GPS out for a test drive.
It sounds simple, but it took me many hours to get it work. This is because I have not been referring to the right resources in the web. Finally, when I found this blog Lokatoo A903 Hack, I manage to finally put 2 and 2 together and made it 4.
Before you start to install Garmin, you have to first get a menu or launchpad done so that you can pull up or enable Garmin when ever you want or have an option to get back to Lokatoo. To do this, you can refer to here. Get the Shell.ini and launchpad files from the link provided there.
Once done, you can proceed to install Garmin. You can the the necessary files and detail installation guideline here. For Lokatoo B1000, the device ID that you see will be 17826272 and using this will not work. Instead, you use ‘0’ to get your Garmin unlock code. Once activated, you will be able to use the device, however, you will need the detail Malaysian map with all the local POI.
You can get the maps and detail map installation instruction here. After Activation, you can take your GPS out for a test drive.
I took it for the round island trip today and it works smoothly without any problem. All the destinations that I wanted to go could be found on the POI list, which was much better than the default Lokatoo Map.
Hi, i owned a B1000 too. but I cant seem to make the installation work. I have tried everything, step by step but it seem that the lokatoo B1000 wont read the SD card once I paste the Garmin folder in the SD. The SD card is functioning alrite. Please help me step by step please.
I cant stand the lokatoo navigation software. I used to garmin already. pls help.
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thank bro.
We’ve recently upgraded Lokatoo’s Navigation Software. Ver 4.0 is very functional and incorporate a few great features:
1. Phone Number Search – let’s you find destination via a Tel. No.
2. Junction View
3. 3D Buildings
Do check it out at our website!
i’am update my lokatoo gps but dont see any difference with the old maps lokato hope you can explain a bit the right way to install the update lokatoo 3d map and building into lokatoo gps
Thanks Lokatoo for notifying about Ver4.0. I have just installed it and the improvement was very nice. Keep on improving on the POI, I am starting to use lokatoo more than Garmin…
I updated from Lokatoo version 3.2 to version 4. Does anyone know how to transfer my favourite waypoint to new version?
Thanks for the feedback Kew, and thanks for upgrading. BTW, you run a very nice blog – it’s a great resource for all Alza users.
Saya dah install Garmin kat SD yg lain ( bkn SD asal Lokatoo) masalahnya tak berapa jadi bila kita klik kat option je dia akan hilang dan terus hang, mintak tlg ajarkan sikit step dgn jelas, kalau boleh n sudi lah.
terima kasih
ive installed and its working okay..can we upragde the Garmin Mobile XT version..is there any web to download the update version of it.
Danke schoen
hi…
i already installed garmin in my lakatoo A903 and successful… but the garmin cannot give me alert, i.e speedtrap alert… do u have any idea/solution for this?
Hi Zaini,
Mine also does not give speed trap alert, but it does give the road speed alert.
dah update lokatoo gps ke version 4 map ver 3.26…mmg berbeza dari seblmnya…
Dah… Junction View kat KL memang cantik… but out of Klang Valley, junction view biasa…
hi, do you find the garmin will response slow while using?
Yes, slower than the regular Garmin Unit and I find that Garmin on Lokatoo are not stable, I have many instances where the Garmin would crash.
skrg dah upgrade lokatoo ver. 4 ke lokatoo map ver. 5.5…lbih kurang sama je ngan garmin…sesape yg x berjaya tukar kpd garmin tu guna je lokatoo map software ver. 5.5
Saya punya navigation telah hilang sepenuhnya sebab saya terusik dekat calibration. Bagaimana nak dapatkan semula map semula? pls help
Baru je install ke software ver 5.5 skg baru la rasa seronok sikit nak guna lokatoo gps.byk peningkatan.sblum ni guna garmin.thanks lokatoo on this upgrade
salam…aku pun sebelum ni guna garmin.dan sekarang lakatoo 5.5 pun ada…tapi rasanya antara garmin dan lakatoo 5.5 …map garmin lebih update dari lakatoo…